A team of Rice engineering students has designed and built a safer, low-cost propulsion module for small satellites.

The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS, President Lee Ho Seong) and the Korea Gas Safety Corporation (KGS, President & CEO Bahk Gyurng-Goog) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on April 22 at the KRISS in Daejeon.

Major European cities like London, Paris, and Berlin need groundwater resources to provide its inhabitants with drinking water. However, Berlin stands out with a unique drinking water system that relies entirely on groundwater. This complete dependence makes Berlin particularly vulnerable to threats such as climate change and Germany’s upcoming coal phase-out. German researchers are using computer simulations to predict climate trends and find solutions to safeguard Berlin’s crucial water resources. 

Major European cities like London, Paris, and Berlin need groundwater resources to provide its inhabitants with drinking water. However, Berlin stands out with a unique drinking water system that relies entirely on groundwater. This complete dependence makes Berlin particularly vulnerable to threats such as climate change and Germany’s upcoming coal phase-out. German researchers are using computer simulations to predict climate trends and find solutions to safeguard Berlin’s crucial water resources. 

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University of Tennessee Assistant Professor Mahshid Ahmadi and Assistant Professor Jonghee Yang contributed to two significant research projects on perovskites, published in Nature journals. These breakthroughs, involving international collaboration, advance the potential of perovskites for technologies like solar panels and LEDs. Ahmadi’s lab integrates traditional methods with machine learning for high-throughput material creation and characterization.

This spring, 75 students from Lone Star College, San Jacinto Community College and Houston Community College met with Rice University faculty, staff and graduate students five times over three months to explore how data science can be used to solve real-world sustainability challenges. Students worked on problems related to the environment, human health and the energy transition in a program funded by Google and led by the Department of Computer Science, the Rice Sustainability Institute and the Glasscock School of Continuing Studies.

As water becomes more scarce and demand rises, researchers are pioneering a new management approach that can help avert disastrous drought impacts. By collaborating with experts in Chile, the team aims to provide policymakers with the tools needed to integrate long-term environmental and social changes into water governance and ensure resilience in a warming world.

The Heartbeat Detector, which utilizes an algorithm developed by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, detects individuals attempting to hide in vehicles at security checkpoints. The technology has become the industry standard since it was first licensed by Geovox Security Inc. from ORNL nearly 30 years ago and it continues to evolve.